Air India, Air India Express to operate special Haj flights from Chennai, Kozhikode, Kannur
New Delhi (PTI): Air India and Air India Express will operate special Haj flights from Jaipur, Chennai, Kozhikode and Kannur, carrying around 19,000 pilgrims.
The two carriers will fly close to 19,000 pilgrims to Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia from the four cities.
Air India, in the first phase, will operate 46 flights from Jaipur and Chennai to Medina and Jeddah, respectively. The first flight was operated from Jaipur on May 21 and the services will go on till June 21, according to a release on Monday.
In the second phase, Air India will bring back the pilgrims to Jaipur and Chennai by operating 43 flights from July 3 to August 2.
"The number of pilgrims scheduled to fly with Air India from Jaipur is 5,871 on 27 flights while 4,447 pilgrims will be flown by it from Chennai on 19 flights," the release said.
Air India Express will operate flights from Kozhikode and Kannur from June 4 to 22.
It will operate 44 flights from Kozhikode to Jeddah - carrying 6,363 passengers and 13 flights between Kannur and Jeddah carrying 1,873 passengers during the first phase.
In the second phase, July 13 to August 2, Air India Express will fly back the pilgrims from Medina to Kozhikode and Kannur.
Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said the airline is happy to resume the annual special flights for the sacred Haj pilgrimage.
"Air India and Air India Express will be bringing Zamzam water on the return ferry flights to India. This will be stored at the four destinations operated by them in India, on arrival. The holy water will be finally handed over to the pilgrims after they land back in their home destinations," the release said.
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Puttur Police file suo motu case against Bharath Kumdelu for hate speech at event
Puttur: A suo motu case was filed by Puttur Town Police against Bharath Kumdelu for disrupting social harmony by making hate speech in Kasba village of the taluk on Thursday evening.
Kumdelu had reportedly made his speech at a programme organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal Puttur unit at the Jain Bhavan in Kasba on Thursday as obituary to rowdy-sheeter Suhas Shetty who was murdered recently. His speech could incite communal violence and disturb peace, the police have clarified in the case.
Puttur Town Police have filed a suo motu case against Kumdelu under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 Sections 35/2025 Col-196, 353(2).
The officers are investigating the case.
